Descripción del proyecto
Comunicaciones seguras en el aire
La industria de la aviación civil ha sufrido varios ciberataques en los últimos años. Por este motivo, la seguridad en la recepción y la transmisión de los datos de vuelo resulta fundamental. Las nuevas tecnologías, como las aeronaves capacitadas para las comunicaciones electrónicas y los sistemas modernos de comunicaciones, navegación y vigilancia o gestión del tráfico aéreo, además de las tendencias hacia una mayor conectividad, dependencia de la tecnología e infraestructuras comunes respaldadas por tecnologías comunes con normas comunes, están cambiando el panorama de riesgos del sistema de aviación. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos vACCINE diseñará un filtro de seguridad a bordo de la aeronave. Permitirá verificar o controlar los datos desde el suelo antes de autorizar su entrada en el ámbito aviónico, a fin de no poner en peligro el nivel de seguridad.
Objetivo
ATC use of datalink is widely expanding over the years. Data communications are a key enabler sustaining SESAR/NextGen services, deployment being planned in the 2020+. Legacy data transmission is not encrypted for existing datalink capabilities and protocol. As a consequence, it is very hard to identify if failure is a malfunction or an attack.
However, civil aviation is an increasingly attractive target for cyber-attacks. New technologies such as e-enabled aircraft and modern CNS/ATM systems, together with trends towards greater connectivity, reliance on technology, common infrastructure underpinned with common technologies with common standards, etc. … are changing the risk landscape of the aviation system.
The consequences of a potential cyber-attack in civil aviation are wide and can include:
(i) Lost of trust in new systems & concepts, limiting their successful deployment;
(ii) A 'domino effect' of failures across connected systems or common components;
(iii) Closure of the air traffic management system for unpredictable periods; …
Since there is not a 'silver bullet' technology that will secure the aeronautical domain, it is essential to:
(i) Investigate measures to make the current systems more resilient against cyber-threats
(ii) To establish effective and automated solutions for intrusion detection;
(iii) Promote its implementation worldwide and build trust across stakeholders.
Considering aforementioned challenges, the vACCINE Project aims to design an aircraft onboard security filter with an accuracy level of intrusion detection compatible with cyber protection objectives. The objective is to check/control data from the ground domain before authorizing them to enter the avionics domain not to compromise this level of safety.
Based modern digital transformation concepts and cyber-security technologies, the Project will deploy an innovative approach to catalyse the resilient of existing aeronautical communication systems against cyber-threat.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsvaccines
- social sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer security
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Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
1990 392 LISBOA
Portugal